Selfish Boy Willie

At first Boy Willie acted as if he didn’t care about anybody but himself. He was set on selling the piano and getting the money he needed to buy Sutter’s land. He didn’t care if Berniece didn’t feel like selling it was a good idea, nor did he care that his niece, Maretha, loved playing on it. He was willing to do anything in order to sell it; he was even willing to get shot to get his way. He was crazed by the piano. This is where “Live and Let Die” by Guns N’ Roses fits in. to me this song signifies how the world is now, how sometimes you have to be cruel to everyone else and just look out for yourself. “What did it matter to you, when you got a job to do, you got to do it well, you got to give the other fella hell.” Boy Willie is selfish, he doesn’t care if he inconveniences other people, he is like a bull, who only does what he wants.